Leaded gasoline wasn't fully phased out in the US until 1996, not sure about other countries. The millennial age bracket starts somewhere around the birth year 1982.

Fun fact: it's still used in piston aircraft.

Edit: sorry, that's not very fun.

[–] b000rg@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NASCAR didn't switch to unleaded gasoline until 2007, and test scores went up in the areas surrounding their racetracks in the following years.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Apparently you can still buy leaded race fuels in the US today, wtf? Ban that shit. I was watching a video yesterday of someone why brought their time-attack racecar to Australia and they had to retune it for unleaded because leaded is banned there. I was blown away they were using leaded fuel in the first place.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1996? The USA is Liberia with money

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah look into Liberian history and you’ll understand why

[–] gnate@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This made me reconsider the foundations of the high crime rates in the neighborhoods nearest the very busy small plane airport in my home town.